章 6: A beautiful lady

– Miss – Suna called Celine upon entering and they both went to the counter.

'Ah, looks like this was really your personal servant, a lady-in-waiting perhaps?' The attendant thought again, and smiling he said:

– Welcome, are you looking for accommodation or have you come for a meal?

– Please, we want two rooms – Suna said as she handed over some silver coins.

This silver seemed an even better reason to smile – You ladies are in luck, that's exactly what's left of the rooms we've already rented, we've got a full house these days.

– I noticed, this inn seems to be quite famous – Suna took the keys and led Celine away from the counter.

The attendant didn't seem to mind her haste to get away.

– Thank you miss, if you're hungry, don't hesitate to ask the kitchen, we'll prepare everything.

Suna nodded and led Celine into the bedroom.

The room was simple, but as the attendant said, it was very clean and very tidy, Suna walked to the bed and took a look at the sheets, deciding to change them just in precaution.

Celine didn't know if she should really do anything, she can only stand by while Suna organizes everything for tonight. And as soon as she was done, Suna called her to change her clothes.

– This corset isn't squeezing you? Come here – Celine walked over to her and let her untie her robes.

Sending Celine behind a screen, Suna handed her seem much more comfortable clothes, a nightdress and a thin coat – We're heading south, wasn't it a little hot in the carriage?

– Yes, it was, it got a bit hot after we left Celestia – Celine replied while looking at the small bedroom window.

Suna followed her gaze for a moment, frowning a little she stared at Celine again, the princess's mind wandered from time to time, Suna didn't know if she could ask her what worried her, she sighed.

Seeing that Celine had finished changing her clothes she finished a few more things in the room and left, saying before closing the door:

– Good night, don't read too much tonight, just go to sleep, the journey will be long so you better be well rested.

Celine smiled and returned the good night, lying on her bed she stared at the ceiling, she was afraid to see that dream again, her body seemed afraid to suffer that feeling in her chest. And as a way of showing that she didn't want to go through this again, she wasn't sleepy at all.

Sitting up she saw the bag beside the bed, there was still light in the room thanks to a small luminescent lamp in the center of the table, Celine went to the table and carried the lamp to the dresser beside her bed. Taking a book out of her bag she lay down and began to read to get to sleep.

Reading a few pages she noticed something wrong, closing the book again she noticed the title 'The Nine Kingdoms' and the subtitle below 'All races'.

Celine had a doubtful expression on her face, she had never seen this book so it doesn't belong to her, how did it end up in her bag?

As soon as she thought about putting it back in her bag, those eyes suddenly popped into her mind, her hand had frozen. Calmly adjusting her posture, she opened the book, using her knees for support.

Calmly flipping the pages to the 'Shapeshift' race, she diligently read each written word, noting the images sketched on each page.

A short excerpt about the topic: 'Their true eyes can usually appear during a transformation problem or by choice of the individual, most prefer to hide their true form'.

Celine sighed, that wasn't it, there was the illustration of the eyes of a shapeshifter that would originally be a snake, and there was also an illustration of the eyes of a lizard, she felt they were different, there was some difference.

Thinking for a while, that symbol that she had drawn in class, it was, a lizard with wings, what race would that be...?

Celine flipped through the pages trying to find, completely finishing the book, there was nothing about it, it's not impossible, right? There are lions with wings, people with wings, there were even fish with them, why wouldn't there be a lizard with wings too?

Giving up, Celine closed the book and put it back in her bag again, covering the lamp she lay down and tried to sleep, taking a while to finally fall asleep.

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A light suddenly came across her face, it was probably morning. Celine opened her eyes and stared up at the clear sky above, not even a single cloud.

Widening her eyes she stood up at once looking around, she was afraid of that person, and afraid of those eyes, sighing with relief she thought: 'luckily she was alone..., but where was she exactly...'

Above her head an incredibly clear sky, and beneath her seemingly bare feet a low grass, there was nothing but her in this place.

Taking a deep breath she started walking, which didn't seem to be leading anywhere, looking everywhere she started to get dizzy, from time to time she felt numb, but when she was about to fall her strength came back, this happens several and several times, until Celine stopped, not taking another step.

With a slightly annoyed expression, she looked around as she thought: 'What kind of ridiculous place is this, taking and putting back a person's strength, why don't you just take it all away and let me die here?'

Her brows were furrowed tightly until she heard something, it was soft and quite subtle.

She turned her gaze to the direction the sound seemed to come from, and hesitating for a moment she decided to run. Her mind whirled, and her breathing got heavier and heavier, she fell a few times before she regained her strength and kept running, she just paid attention to the sound, and closer and closer she realized it was a song, 'there was someone here?' she thought as she paused to catch her breath, not supporting her own weight she fell again, trying to focus her attention on the melody.

It was a soft voice, she looked up and squinted trying to see the horizon, noticing a figure far away, she stood up and took one more deep breath before running towards that figure, managing to get close enough to give a small look at her, she looked very pretty, her hair was silver and she was wearing a long white garment, she was sitting on her knees, and in front of her was a table with a teapot and two cups.

Trying to focus her eyes on the woman's face her eyes suddenly got tired, her mind throbbed and spun some more, she couldn't see her eyes, but her smile appeared, making Celine startle and her head hurt even more.

Her vision suddenly darkened, but the melody still played in his ears, getting farther and farther away...